I keep seeing everyone say their privacy is why they aren’t going to use threads. I don’t think that’s entirely true. I think most of us here have a hatred so deep for meta that even if they made the greatest app on earth, we’d still not use it. So, if threads actually respected your privacy would you use it?
Personally, no. Facebook/Meta has instilled absolutely zero goodwill in me as a platform and as a product it brings nothing new to the table to entice me in. Their userbase size is their only potential benefit, and tbh that has never been a draw for myself.
And that’s all assuming they actually respected my privacy, which I don’t believe for a moment they would ever do.
I think the premise here is just wrong. It’s like asking would you drink seawater if it wasn’t salty - that’s just not going to happen, ever.
Would you get in the rusty white van with blackened windows if the meth-faced man driving it told you there were puppies inside?
I would never trust that it would respect my privacy in the first place. Why would anyone think they’re going to turn over a new leaf just because they released a new service?!
No. Meta can’t be trusted.
